Gov. Rick Scott making some emails accessible online

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is putting his emails — as well as the emails of nearly a dozen of his top staff — online for anyone in the public to read.

Scott's decision to make public his emails come nearly nine months after he ordered an investigation into how and why emails he wrote before he became governor were deleted.

There were also numerous complaints during his first year in office from media organizations that the Scott administration was not fulfilling public records requests quick enough.

Scott's new “Project Sunburst” will allow anyone to access emails as soon as 24 hours after they are written, although the governor's office said that some emails may not migrate to the website right away. Most will be posted within seven days, but others will have to be reviewed to make sure the information is not exempt from public disclosure.

“This unprecedented step gives the citizens of Florida as well as the members of the media an open and transparent window into the way state government works,” said Scott, wearing a shirt emblazoned with the new Project Sunburst logo.

The service will also include any emails sent from smartphones used by Scott and his top staff, although it would not capture any .topic">iPad and smartphone used by the governor were lost.

The Legislature this spring passed a bill making it clear that statewide elected officials must preserve emails and documents created between Election Day and when they are sworn into office. Scott strongly supported the bill and signed it into law.